The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

One Negro Cleverly Turns the Table;
on Another in Greene County 80
Negro Preacher Delivers Ludicrou:
Prayer at Lexington-Tom Padgett
Taken From His Captors.
GEORGIA
Campbell county has about 81, 900 in hel
treasury and is out of debt.
A blind tiger in Atlanta makes SIS a gal
bon on all the whisky he sells.
1t is said that Capt Sargent. of Newman,
clears from $1,000 to $4,000 annually on
his cotton factory.
The work on the new Baptist church at
Danielsville has begun and will be pushed
as rapidly as possible.
A driving park association has been or
ganized at Augusta. The old fair ground
track will be utilized.
At Albany, Saturday, a negreSs was
thrown from a wagon and crushed by a
bale of cotton. She may die.
A small boy had his leg cut off at Madi-
son Saturday while amusing himself jump
ing on and off a moving train.
A lady teacher at Ty-Ty, Mrs. Flora Bull
lard, walks four and quarter miles 10 her
school every day and returns, making the
distance walked each day eight and one-half
miles, or for the term of sixty-tve days.
65216 miles.
AT Hazehurst J. ]. Lewis has moved his
wooden storehouse back and commenced
work on a new brick building, which will
face the railroad While the town has
many stores, this will be the first brick
store. 1t will be 30x70 feet
Handy Wilkes, the thoroughbred and
handsome 2-year-old Wilkes colt, was being
exercised 4 v seo3 Saturday, and stopping
In front of Putzels his owner, Capt. John
Giles, happened along The Captain went
In and procured a glaT of beer, which the
colt drank with much zest
Tilman Justice, the Lowndes county muir
derer, is again in Gainesvilles Jail for safe
Keeping, awaiting execution on Nov. Is.
He has given up all hope of life and is max
ing preparations for death. No legal steps
have been taken for new trial, nor will
clemency be asked of the Governor. 1t was
a cold blooded murder and the people think
he is only meeting his just deserts.
Mr.. Cash, of Harris county, reports that
be has recently lost a very fine COW from
hydrophobia and fears that his other cattle
will have to be killed. Several of his neigh
bors have lost cattle from the same cause.
A mad dog appeared in the community
some time ago, and it is not known how
many cattle he bit before he was killed.
Mr. Cash lives near Mountain Hill.
In negro barroom on First avenue in
Columbus, Saturday night, a negro row
occurred, in which Frank Young was struck
on the head with billiard cue by Henry
Cooper, and cut across the left side of the
head and twice stabbed in the right shout
der by Joe Williams. The wounds are
dangerous and he may not live. Miller was
caught by the police on the outskirts of the
city.
Brady, the 3-year-old son of Stephen Gar
rett, was smothered in seed cotton Thursday
near Palmetto. Mr.. Garrett had stored his
cotton in one room of his house. The child
was found dead with his head in a hole in
the cotton 10 inches deep. Ii is supposed he
had grubbed it ont to stand on his head.
Mrs Garrett, the child's grandmother, had
gone out, leaving him alone only few
minutes.
Though their intentions may be good,
some of the colored divines make some ludi.
crous prayers sometimes. The colored
school at Lexington gave an exhibition last
Friday night, and had the exercises opened
with prayer In this the divine sent up an
earnest appeal that all the little boys attend
ing the school might grow up to be useful
and educated men, like Rebecca and Eliza
beth lin de Bible"
John Coker, who lives on the Beall Hick-
DRY Level place in Dougherty county, was
out in the field last Tuesday weighing cot
ton, He heard his dogs running somethiag
IN the woods, and on looking around, he was
very much surprised to see a deer standing
in few feet of him. He quickly drew his
pistol; and, taking aim at his head, fired
The deer ran about 100 yards and fell dead.
Ii proved to be a 2-year-od buck
Tom Padgett, the man who was shot by
his guard, was rescued by mob of twelve
disguised men on last Friday night. Sheriff
Dave Herndon had the wounded man at his
house near Statewide and expected to
bring him to the Valdosta jail in few
days, as he was getting better of his wound
The rescuers were armed, and easily over
powered the Sheriff. They put Padgett in
conveyance and hurried away with him in
the dark, and he has not been heard of
since.
Mrs Rhoda Farmer, living about three
miles above Lavonia, in company with a
lady friend was driving horse and buggy
along the line of the Elberton Airline
when passing train scared the horse and
he ran away, throwing Mrs. Farmer out
and breaking her arm, dislocating her shout
der and iajuring her inwardly so badly that
it is thought she will not get well. Her lady
friend escaped unhurt by jumping from the
buggy at the approach of the train At
last accounts Mrs. Farmer was in very
precarious condition, and her life was de-
SPARED of.
Amondas P. Belk, of Marion county, died
al MS nome near Buena NlSta Wednesday
night. The deceased was an old and well
known character in Marion He was a
Spiritualist. He was a good neighbor, an
honest man and was respected by all who
knew him He had been married three
times, his last wife surviving him His
first and second wives were sisters, the sec
ord being a widow at the time Belk mar
ried her, and his last wife was daughter of
his second wife by her former husband. Mr..
Belk was about go years of age and leaves
twelve children
As Conductor Collins, of the narrow
gauge, approached Brandon's crossing, a
day or two ago, he discovered horse on the
trestle. His mind legs were between two
crossties and his fore legs resting on the tie,
the animal having fallen in trying to cross
the trestle. The train hands made plank
platform and got him on his feet, but in at
tempting to turn around the horse fell, one
hind foot catching between the ties, leaving
him suspended thirty feet from the ground
by his foot 1t was no easy matter to get
him out safe and his leg was cut off, letting
the poor brute fall to the ground, when the
train passed over in safety.
Two negroes in Greene county had some
trouble over a lot of walnuts The one that
the nuts belonged to caught another steal
ing them, and took his ak and made him
carry them back TO where he got them but
the negro would not put them out of his